Bob Johnson

Ask him for the highlight of his Hall of Fame career and Frank Robinson jumps on it like a high fastball. "The '66 season," he told The Baltimore Sun last month. "I couldn't have scripted the first year [with the Orioles] any better. That's winning the pennant, that's sweeping the Dodgers [in the World Series], that's winning the Triple Crown and the Most Valuable Player. That's Hollywood stuff." None of that happens without Robinson, the headstrong 30-year-old outfielder obtained from the Cincinnati Reds. He played six years here and led the Orioles — never top-drawer before — to four World Series appearances and two...

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Ask him for the highlight of his Hall of Fame career and Frank Robinson jumps on it like a high fastball.
"The '66 season," he told The Baltimore Sun last month. "I couldn't have scripted the first year [with the Orioles] any better....